Bridge: Trust partner to steer you right

4:48 PM,
Oct. 11, 2013

Written by

Phillip Alder
Syndicated Columnist

Joyce Cary, an English novelist who died in 1957, said, "The will is never free - it is always attached to an object, a purpose. It is simply the engine in the car - it can't steer."

At the bridge table, surprisingly often one defender can steer his partner in the right direction. The problem is that some defenders prefer to backseat drive, ignoring their partners' signals and heading down their own side roads - and letting defeatable contracts make.

In this example deal, how should the defenders play to beat four hearts? ...